confusing pattern

[katie9143]

can someone help me interpret this pattern? i did it in the round and i think i didnt get the decrease entirely right. i read it a million times...

http://www.y2knit.net/Patterns/quickhat.pdf

[FillingMyQuiver]

Which part are you having a hard time with??

Work ribbing, knit til hat measures 5"

next row- K11, place marker, continue k11 and placing marker til end of round
knit next round
knit to 2 stitches before marker, knit 2 stitches together. repeat til end of round
knit next round
repeat the decrease round and the knitting round a total of 6 times ending with a decrease round, you should have 32 stitches

Don't do the purl decrease round, knit to 2 stitches before marker, k2tog, repeat to end
Repeat 3 times total, you shouldhave 8 stitches
K2tog 4 times leaving 4 stitches on the needle. Thread hole closed.

[katie9143]

i think what i didnt get is to knit a reg round in between the rows where you are supposed to knit 2 together before the makers. so my decrease was faster and my hat is smaller and looks like a swirl at the top. i still dont see by reading the pattern where it said that.

oh well, i have a kiddie hat

[FillingMyQuiver]

Well the "in the round" pattern has you following the flat pattern except that the even rounds are knit (it says in the italicized note under the "hat-in-the-round subtitle.

So, since the decrease rounds are odd rounds, then you knit the even rounds of the pattern in between the decrease rounds.

[katie9143]

Originally Posted by FillingMyQuiver

Well the "in the round" pattern has you following the flat pattern except that the even rounds are knit (it says in the italicized note under the "hat-in-the-round subtitle.

So, since the decrease rounds are odd rounds, then you knit the even rounds of the pattern in between the decrease rounds.

oh crap.....i feel like they word these things just to be confusing :

thanks

[FillingMyQuiver]

sometimes they do

[sonuptosondown]

Originally Posted by katie9143

oh crap.....i feel like they word these things just to be confusing :

thanks

I know! Sometimes it's like decoding a secret message. If I keep rereading and rereading, it usually starts to make sense, but sometimes I start knitting and then have to rip it out anyway when I realize what they are *really* saying

Maybe you can find a kid who needs a hat?